World events briefed on detective agency heads and trade shifts
William J. Burns named director of the Bureau of Investigation by Attorney General Daugherty. A $3,000,000,000 drop in U.S. foreign trade is blamed on postwar lethargy. meat packing regulation gains White House approval. talks with Germany progress in Berlin. Unemployment nears crisis with 5,785,000 out of work. prohibition measures tighten. various political and legal notices cross the globe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Burns
New York
Burns Detective Agency
Daugherty
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Harding
White House
Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Costa Rica Readies Jurisdiction Amid Canal Zone Tension
The United States informs Panama it will not urge delay in Costa Rica taking control of disputed territory. Costa Rica pledges immediate jurisdiction while marines depart Philadelphia for the Canal Zone as Panama Costa Rica boundary talks stall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union News Service
Washington
United States
Panama
Costa Rica
Charles E. Hughes
State Department
Philadelphia
Canal Zone
Panam
Germany to Sign Peace Treaty With United States
Berlin reports that the German Government plans to sign a formal peace treaty with the United States this week unless new complications arise. Chancellor Wirth has completed confidential talks with parliamentary leaders except the Communists, securing an ample Reichstag majority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Berlin
United States
Wirth
Fifty Trapped By Fire In Mecon Georgia
A hotel fire at the Brown House in Mecon Georgia traps about fifty people in the center of town. Some residents are injured after leaping from the fourth and fifth floors as the blaze threatens the hotel. The inferno started with an explosion at a nearby gasoline station.
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Mecon
Brown House
Diamonds Found In Arkansas Mud Of Pike County Mine
Geologists in Pike County, Arkansas, discovered a vast peridotite pipe in black gumbo mud that yielded the largest US in place diamond. After trials with mills and water failed, engineers dried the damp clay in a cast iron cylinder with heated draught, turning it into a dry paste and enabling extraction of a 17 carat canary diamond fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Africa
United States
Arkansas
Pike County
Kimberley
India
Hardinge
Porcupine Stirs Boy Scout Camp in Illusion
A Boston or Quincy California troop camp near Three Lakes was alarmed when Rev Charles H Stephens the scoutmaster woke from a half sleep and slapped at a cat that emerged over his pillow. Forty quills remained embedded in his hand later removed by first aid. The incident was reported by the San Francisco Chronicle.
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Quincy
Cal
Three Lakes
Charlies H. Stephens
San Francisco Chronicle
Fundamental business honesty as a universal rule
Quote by John D Rockefeller Sr asserts honesty as a core business principle. It compares fair play in business to sportsmanship in boxing, golf, and football, urging proper contest and opportunity without surrendering rights.
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John D. Rockefeller
Nutshell Quote on Prevention and Cure Timing
A concise aphorism contrasts prevention and cure timing, noting we often miss the moment to prevent while recognizing when to apply remedies. The remark underscores the unpredictability of preventive action versus known cures.
Writing Pad Instructions for a Handy Board
A simple guide for making a writing pad using a board nine by twelve inches and half inch thickness. Attach a belt of black elastic, half an inch wide, by overlapping ends and sewing firmly. Slip it over the board end to hold blotting and writing paper, moving along as needed. On windy days it frees both hands.
State Fair Track Meets Set for Sept 3 at Columbus
The State Fair will host two track meets on Saturday Sept 3 with high school and amateur divisions. Medals ribbons and trophies plus a gold watch for the all around champion and cups for the relay and meet winner will be awarded. Entry fees will help offset contestants' costs with out of town entrants recouping about half. Walking race added with entrants including national and world record holders Linehan and Malone and Akron Goodyear walkers.
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State Fair
C. C. Cooke
A. Rankin
Pete Stinchcomb
Tracy Pittenger
Philadelphia
Akron Central
George Hutchinson
Hamilton
John Halleck
Youngstown
Columbus
Delta Tau Delta
H. H. McCobb
Akron
Linehan
Cincinnati
Malone
Cleveland
Goodyear
W. D. Griffith
Live Fish and Game Exhibit at Ohio State Fair
The Fish and Game Building at the Ohio State Fair Aug 29 to Sept 3 will show live native fish in aquarium displays and outdoor animal pens with coons opossums foxes and pheasants. Organized by A C Baxter the exhibit aims to be the largest and most educational yet drawing sportsmen from across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Fish and Game
A. C. Baxter
Bureau of Fish and Game
Lake Erie
Senate Passes Federal Aid Roads Bill
The Senate approved a federal aid roads measure providing 75 million dollars for construction with one third available immediately and the rest in six months. The House version totals 100 million dollars and the bill moves to conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Washington
House
Bomb Explodes in Tyrone Street Belfast
A bomb was thrown in Tyrone street Belfast injuring a woman seriously and wounding five others slightly. Many windows were broken by the blast concussion.
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Belfast
Tyrone Street
Wood Must Quit Army Governor General Bill Sent to Table
The House Military Committee placed the administration bill on the table without a record vote. It would allow Major General Leonard Wood to become Governor General of the Philippines without retiring from the Army. Committee members feared a dangerous precedent and most conservatives favored tabling. The measure is expected to fail.
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Wood
Army
Washington
Leonard Wood
Philippines
House Military Committee
Cincinnati Markets Report of Commodity Prices and Livestock
A Cincinnati market listing shows prices for corn, wheat, butter, eggs, live poultry, cattle, calves, sheep, and hogs. The data covers No 2 white corn at 5 and 6 cents, No 2 red wheat around 1.22 to 1.23 per bushel, butter at 38 to 46 cents, eggs from 27 to 33 cents, broilers and fowls priced by weight, cattle and calves with varied grades and prices, sheep and hogs with multiple classes and ranges.
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Commerce Department
Samuel Tilden Ansell
John EB. Hunt
C. ©. Cresson
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Ansell
United States Senate
Henry Cabot Lodge
War Finance Corporation
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Eee
Davis
Prohibition
National House of Representatives
Pace
William G. McAdoo
Railroads
Bud” Bridgens
Chicago
Rockford,Ill
Bridgens
Flora
N. D
North Dakota
George J. Managan
The
Chicago Herald
Diamond
Cassopolis
Mich
Ami H. Jennings
Templar
Rockford
Teel
E Men
Detroit
Cleveland Steel Cound
Centralia
A. D. Foron
Maurice
Walton
Supreme Court
Platt
Westchester County
Florence Walton
Wisconsin
W. Stanley Smith
Madison
Pueblo
Fountain
Colo
Fountain River
J. 8. Crowell
Crowell Publishing Company
Springfield
Woman's Home Companion
Farm
Montess de Oca Y Obregon
Mexico
Michael J. Lavelle
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Tex Rickard
Dempsey-Carpentier
Illinois
Federal
Jamieson
J. Walker
Mile
Suzanne Lenglen
Molla Bjorstedt Mallory
Forest Hills
N.Y
Lenglen
Manila
P. L
Panama Canal
Balboa
Eamonn Valera
Sinn Fein
Dublin
Dafl Eireann
Lloyd George
de Valera
Republic of Ireland
Pocahontas
Naples
America
League of Nationa Council
Upper Silésia
Viscount Ishil
Paris
Grover Cleveland
Bergdoll
Eberbach
Baden
Switzerland
Sternalitz
Kostellitz
Upper Silesia
Kattowitz
Silesia
Hughes
Nemé
Clover
P.D
Terre Haute
Ind
Faaron
Cor
ELITE
Srna
NSO
Portle
W. F. Young, Inc
Temple St
Springfield, Mass
Palmer
Solon Palmer
Florida
Florida Farms and Industries Company Department
Green Cove Springs
Fregkles
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